The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-01-20

liberty and enfranchisement is as far as law can
carry the negro. The rest must be left to con-
those among whom his lot is cast, with whom he
is indissolubly connected, and whose prosperity
depends upon their possessing his intelligent
with him in spite of calumnious assertions to
the contrary, by those who assume to speak for
us or by frank opponents Faith VIII be kept
reason and integrity.
But have we kept faith with you? In the
don't sav Sene when Johnston surrendered. because
understand he still alludes to the time when
he determined to abandon any further prosecu-
sSn of The
has been SINCE loyal to this Union We fought
hard enough to know that we we're whipped,
and in perfect frankness accepted as final the
arbtrament of the sword to which We had ap-
pealed. The South found her jewel in q toads
head. The shackles that had held her in narrow
limitations fell forever when the shackles Of the
negro slave were broken. Under the old regime
the negroes were slaves t. the South, the South
in the hands of a splendid and chivalric oil
garchy the substance that should have been
diffpsed among the people as the rich blood Is
rapture but leaving the body chill and colorless.
The old South rested everything on slavery
and agriculture, unconscious that these could
neither give nor maintain healthy growth. The
new South presents o perfect democracy, the
oligarchs leading into the popular movement-a
social system compact and closely knitted, less
splendid on the surface but stronger at the
core; q hundred farms for every plantation, fifty
homes for every palace-and diversified In,
dustry that meets the complex needs OF this
complex age.
The new South is enamored of her new work.
Her soul is stirred with the breath OF @ new lie:
face. She is thrilling, sir, with the conscious
ness Of growing power and prosperity. AS she
of the earth, breathing the keen air and looking
ou1 upon an expanding horizon, she understands
that her emancipation came because IN the IN
rfa1,1 rsel1 ,F H<<a hon
was crossed and her brave armies were beaten.
This Is said in no spirit Of time serving and
apology. should be unjust to the South II d1d
not make this plain in this presence. The South
has nothing to take back; nothing for which she
has excuses to make. In my native town Of Ath-
ems is a monument that crowns its central hills
plain white shaft. Deep cut into its shining
sides Is a name dear to me above the names OF
men, that Of o brave and simple man who died
in brave and simple faith; Not for al the glories
way, would exchange the heritage he left me
in his patriots death. To the foot of that shaft
him who ennobled their name with his heroic
blood. But, sir, speaking from the shadow OF
that memory, which honor as do nothing else
fered, and for which he gave his NE. was aa;
inHged b; 4.sAer rSad | tat tho s sod ~
held the balance Of battle in His Almighty hand,
the wreck.
from consecrated ground. Every foot Of the
soil about the city in which live Is sacred as q
battle-ground Of the Republic. Every hill that
| invests it is hallowed to you by the blood ol
your brothers, who died for your victory, and
doubly hallowed to US by the blood Of those who
died hopeless, but undaunted, in defeat-sacred
soil to all of us-rich with memories that make
US purer, and stronger, and better-silent. but
staunch witness in its rich desolation Of the
matchless valor Of American hearts and the
deathless glory Of American arms-speakinG
and eloquent witness in its white peace ant
prosperity to the indissoluble union OF the
American States, and the imperishable brother
hood OF the American people.